Nayda Collazo-Llorens
Born in San Juan, 1968
Nayda Collazo-Llorens is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, working with a wide range of media. She earned an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She was a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellow in 2012, and a Visiting Fellow at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in 2014. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News, Arte al Día International, BOMBlog, and Newcity, among others. She participated in several individual and collective shows and completed some site-specific projects such as Stranger Land, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo, MI, 2014-16; Pleasure, Fear and the Pursuit of Happiness, Miami Beach Botanical Garden and Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, 2013; Revolú*tion, 3rd Poly/Graphic Triennial, San Juan, PR, 2012; and Reverb, Museo Universitario del Chopo, in Mexico City, 2012, among others.